We do have a very pro-pakistan mindset among Iranian politicians. the same security issues we face today from Pakistan, was our problem with kurd terrorists in west and Iranian government had a merciless operation launched and ended the violance along the border with Iraq once and for all.
I agree with most of this but Iraq and Iran have once been at war. Therefore I believe there should be a different mindset when dealing with Pakistani militants or Irani militants who have developed sanctuary there because of lax border controls on our side. Lets acknowledge that Iran was the first country to accept Pakistans independence. Though ties were great under the shah there is no reason they can't be under the Khomeinis. That being said a joint operation was launched under Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto where we bombed the shizzam out of Balochs.
Needless to say that did not work out too well. It created a situation in Pakistan and countless innocent Balochs were killed who had no real role in any form of insurgency. That was an operation by Iran and Pakistan on the border.
we bombed the shizzam out of Iraqi side of the border. now, of course, this was coordinated with Iraqi government
Brother the problem in Pakistan is known to us. The enemy hides among us, us meaning the average Pakistani and if you/we use airstrikes or artillery bombardment innocent Pakistanis will die among the militants. This situation has been making the Balochistan conflict one big vicious conflict in Pakistan. As I have written a book on Pakhunkhwa/FATA I have also come across the fact that artillery bombardment and airstrikes have resulted in civilian casualties even there. Balochistan is no different.
My point is small tactical teams and counter insurgency/terrorism teams are required in this situation than conventional military might. Bombing the shizzam out of them will result in civilian casualties and many problems.
As far as the rest I agree provided we do nothing of the type we did under Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who even dismissed the elected government of Balochistan. I am saying we have problems in Balochistan and you must also know there are some in Iran too. Tact is required here and it will also require sane minds to prevail. Emotionally taking action over this serious cross border attack will cause backlash when things are slowly improving.
That said the attack is despicable and in reality is a very deliberate attempt to sabotage Pak Iran relations when Pakistan has been trying to bridge the Arab-Iran divide. God knows it could be planned by America, Israel or anyone. If we fall into the trap and allow ties to detoriorate it will be a victory for those hostile nations. I also understand the Iranian side because Afghanistan has given us the same problems and we support tactical Pakistani action against them. It is said we arrested Ehsanullah Ehsan (TTP spokesperson) through only such an operation. So I understand the feeling but working together is the better option here. Pakistan Iranian ties are different from Pak Afghan ties where there is no territorial dispute (like that of the durand line and blame game between Pakistan/Afghanistan)
the Iraqis told us that they have many security issues (like Pakistan does) and cannot deal with the border situation anytime soon, so in return they granted us the permission to launch our attacks along Iraqi border and we cleared and secured the border by ourselves.
I think you are talking about the current government which appears sympathetic to Iran. This is of course spectacular diplomacy on part of Iran since Iran and Iraq fought a war. Now there are Iranians on the battlefield in Iraq fighting ISIS. I don't know the details of course but Iraq does not have a strong military. What it did have was shattered in the Iraq Iran war and the subsequent invasion by US. We have a military that is strong, perhaps not a good intelligence network as proven by instability and current attacks but we do not rate the Pak military so low. In this case it would be better if Pakistan military took action and Iranian government/security officials were called to watch the operation. It could also be that when the terrorists are arrested they are produced to Iran. This might be difficult because the terrorists would be responsible for killing Pakistani civilians too. Regardless we have to do something.
we acted like 2 adult friend countries. now brother, let me ask you this:
the border situation cannot be tolerated by any country in this world right? so now there are some options to deal with it:
1-Pakistani army launches an operation inside Pakistani territory and clears this mess in its side of the border
2- we launch a joint attack on the terrorists
or 3-Pakistan grants us the permission to do cross-border attacks.
Something has to be done. These suggestions are good. Pakistanis would prefer that we ourselves did the operation. But as I said small tactical teams are far better in this situation than conventional might. Intelligence based operations are needed. If the terrorists have exclusively attacked Iran and not done anything illegal in Pakistan which I doubt then they can be extradited to Iran. Otherwise its complicated because they also have to be punished via Pakistani law.
we cannot tolerate anything less than this 3 options and i believe as a fair person you also confirm that only these options are available and nothing less can be tolerated by us.
So tell us why is Pakistan not agreeing to any of these options?
what should Iran do now? just sit there like a duck and get hit again?
I think Pakistan should agree to one of the 3 options you gave. Its very fair.
But I think there are some factors to play. Kulbhushan Yadhav, the captured Indian spy was living in Iran. Now it may be just an allegation but there is a belief in Pakistan he was there. Also there has been border shelling from the Iranian side on Balochistan's border villages. Some even reached Tamp. So there is sentiment in Pakistan about this and it is noticeable in a lot of threads here on PDF recently. I still want good ties to flourish. Not only with Iran but all of the muslim world including UAE/Qatar/Saudi/Indonesia/Kazakhastan or whereever.
I gave some suggestions but operations against these terrorists are a must. We cannot have militants on our soil that target another country. It is very dangerous for the honor of the country.